Mexico City borough police begin traffic enforcement after uniform delay

Traffic police officers assigned to Mexico City's boroughs have finally begun issuing citations, 13 days after receiving authorization. The delay was caused by the need to standardize their uniforms, according to Beatriz Valdez Vázquez, director general of Traffic Normativity Application at the Citizen Security Secretariat (SSC).

"We were homologating the uniforms, we wanted everyone to be properly uniformed at the same time to represent this collaboration between the boroughs and the Government, the Citizen Security Secretariat, and for everything to be working correctly according to the plan," Valdez Vázquez explained. "This is why we took these extra days so that this launch could happen today with all the boroughs, the elements correctly uniformed."

The official list of SSC police authorized to issue infractions was published in the Official Gazette of Mexico City on June 10, 2026. However, officers from the Banking and Industrial Police (PBI) and Auxiliary Police (PA) who received training for traffic enforcement only started their duties on June 23. The PBI officers now have red details on their shirts, while PA officers have red trim, and both will wear a special armband to signify their authority to issue tickets.

In total, 123 officers from 13 different boroughs have been certified by the SSC to perform these traffic enforcement duties. The participating boroughs include Álvaro Obregón, Azcapotzalco, Benito Juárez, Coyoacán, Cuauhtémoc, Iztacalco, Iztapalapa, Magdalena Contreras, Miguel Hidalgo, Milpa Alta, Tlalpan, and Xochimilco.